I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 240

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Chapter 240
240: How Much Will You Offer?(2)
The Council Chairman, who had never imagined such words would emerge from a video conference, stared at the screen with a vacant expression. His bewilderment was so profound that I could even feel the jowls of his portly Birdman form trembling.
Observing the Council Chairman, Dohyun pressed forward without hesitation.
“So then, how much will you offer? Oh, and I’ll accept items as well, not just Points.”
The Council Chairman, flustered by Dohyun’s aggressive negotiation—or rather, coercion—finally grasped the situation.
While he had framed it as though they had delayed too long due to political pressure from Hezway, he was well aware that it was this Attack Team here who wielded the blade. He had simply forgotten that fact while Hezway was accommodating.
Recalling this reality, the Council Chairman responded to Dohyun’s question with a tentative probe.
-Well… that is… Davy Jones has emerged, and the Safe Zone…
“As I understand it, the Council exists, Council Members exist, and you exist as Council Chairman precisely to resolve such problems. Am I mistaken?”
It was a precise assessment. Of course it had to be—Dohyun possessed Analysis, which surpassed even the most advanced supercomputers, so there couldn’t possibly be a single flaw in his logic.
Faced with Dohyun’s incisive words, the Council Chairman found himself at a loss.
The very foundation of the Council’s existence was the ideology that the inferior races—those beneath the Six Superior Races—had created it to protect themselves from Zone Bosses. To refute Dohyun’s argument now would be tantamount to denying the Council itself.
Confronted with such sophisticated strategy woven into Dohyun’s words, the Council Chairman could offer no meaningful response.
‘Until now, he simply accepted our terms, and suddenly he comes at us like this…?!’
The pressure was immense now that Dohyun had arrived, replacing Hezway’s previous accommodating stance, causing the Council Chairman to shudder visibly.
Yet he could not afford to yield entirely.
-Goodness! Of course you speak the truth. However, Davy Jones is not merely our problem alone, is it? If we leave matters as they stand, the damage will only grow, and many will perish. We are not refusing to pay the commission fee—rather, since the victims will multiply, we propose symbiosis.
In short, he had elaborated at length on his desire to reduce costs, all while negotiating with the lives of ordinary Hunters as his bargaining chip.
As the Council Chairman pressed his argument, Hezweyna, Ines, and Jerome all regarded him with expressions of surprise.
All three, as Superior Races, had conversed with the Council Chairman before, yet they had never witnessed him push this far.
Having always slipped through situations with cunning ease, seeing him now falter was genuinely refreshing.
‘This is truly Dohyun.’
‘Lord Dohyun, I must acknowledge your remarkable abilities.’
‘One can negotiate—or rather, coerce—in such ways.’
That he excelled not merely in combat but could also calculate such stratagems was genuinely astounding. To reduce that cunning Council Chairman to stammering—the party leaders and their members alike watched in admiration as Dohyun conducted his negotiation.
Just as it seemed they might actually secure the commission fee they had previously thought impossible to obtain, Dohyun asked with an expression of genuine confusion.
“Did we summon Davy Jones?”
-Eh? “What?” “Huh?” “Pardon?” “I beg your pardon?”
At Dohyun’s words, not only the Council Chairman but the three party leaders and all their members blinked in astonishment, yet Dohyun continued undeterred by their bewildered gazes.
“I asked whether we summoned Davy Jones.”
-That… is not the case, but… those of you with the power to vanquish Davy Jones…
“Just because we are strong, must we protect this entire region? This is not our Dimension, and this incident occurred within the Black Gate. Why should we handle it at such a reduced rate? That doesn’t seem right to me.”
-Ah, well…
As Dohyun articulated each point with flawless logic, the Council Chairman remained speechless, and Dohyun pressed his advantage once more.
“Moreover, regarding the security of the Safe Zone—as I mentioned before, that responsibility lies with the Council. For the Council to formally commission us and then suggest that we are at fault for the delay… I question whether that is appropriate.”
Dohyun spoke with absolute clarity, pinpointing both the specific demands and the specific failures.
“Then hold your conference and reconnect. Tell us how much you can offer.”
-Ah…! Wait, I… please…
With that, Dohyun smiled and severed the communication through mana manipulation, cutting off the Council Chairman’s final words before the connection was lost.
All the party members stared blankly at the severed communication screen, then glanced at Dohyun with expressions of disbelief—wondering if things had really gone that far.
While they harbored doubts about antagonizing the Council so openly, each of Dohyun’s points had been undeniably correct, which made the situation feel oddly complicated.
Still.
“Hmm, we’ve maintained good relations with the Six Superior Races and the Council until now, but I’m not sure if we should come on this strong….”
Though Hezway always spoke and acted tough, moments like this revealed a surprisingly gentle side—and Ines shared that same quality.
“We’ve never directly opposed the Six Superior Races before. This does seem rather aggressive, but… it’s not entirely wrong either.”
Compared to Hezway, Ines wasn’t completely soft, but her words suggested they might have taken a gentler approach. Jerome stepped forward to respond to her concern.
“From my perspective, Dohyun handled this perfectly. The relationship with the Six Superior Races is ambiguous at best, and ultimately, the Council is merely a coalition of mid-tier races, isn’t it? Under those circumstances, their attempt to put a leash on us crossed the line first.”
At Jerome’s words, both Hezway and Ines nodded. He was right, after all.
Even if relations with the Council and the Six Superior Races deteriorated from this point forward, it would hardly matter to the Superior Races themselves. The real loser would be the Council.
Once everyone had grasped this reality, Vera suddenly spoke up as if a thought had occurred to her.
“Wait, even if the Six Superior Races reject the Council and relations sour… Dohyun, you don’t really have a problem with that, do you? Since you’re human?”
“Huh?” “Oh!?” “What!?” “Eh!?”
At Vera’s words, everyone jumped in surprise and looked at Dohyun, who had now shifted from his Celestial form back to his original appearance, breaking into a grin.
“What does that matter? What’s important is that we’re one Attack Team! Let’s squeeze out every last point we can!”
“….” “….” “….” “….”
Naturally, no one believed Dohyun’s words. Still, they nodded in agreement—figuring that if it worked out, that was good enough.
Watching Dohyun with embarrassment, Hanalin hung her head low, while Jiyuchan muttered as he stared at him.
“Sigh.” “And this is our leader.”
It was certainly a bit mortifying.
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Meanwhile, as Dohyun was sharpening his metaphorical blade, the severed connection left the Council chambers echoing with sounds of considerable distress.
“Ugh.”
“Tch, this is troublesome.”
“Sigh.”
“Huff.”
They had put their heads together to discuss the matter, but no clear solution had emerged.
Dohyun held all the justification in his favor, and everyone here knew it—he even controlled the narrative itself. Had anyone been naive enough to think otherwise, they would never have risen to this position in the first place.
As they all groaned in frustration, the Council Chairman finally turned to the other Council Members with an air of resignation and asked.
“How many points do we currently have available?”
“…The immediately available points amount to approximately 60 million Points.”
As the Council, they certainly had considerable points at their disposal, but the Chairman asked with evident anxiety.
“If I recall correctly, recruiting an Attack Team for a standard Zone Boss costs approximately 50 million Points. And that’s based on Region C standards.”
“That is correct.”
“But I doubt they’ll be satisfied with 50 million.”
“Ugh.”
The Chairman’s groan echoed the last Council Member’s sentiment. Since the Attack Team consisted entirely of Superior Races, calculating their value using standard Points was difficult. Moreover, considering what Dohyun had just said, the atmosphere suggested they’d need to spend at least double the usual amount.
Troubled by this dilemma, the Chairman offered an alternative suggestion.
“He mentioned that items would be acceptable as well. Does the Council possess any suitable items?”
“…Well, we do have some, but….”
“Using that much… is a bit much.”
“No matter how much we’re dealing with Davy Jones, should we really go that far?”
Several Council Members voiced their opposition, but the Council Chairman saw things differently.
The reason Dohyun was pushing so hard right now was partly because the Council had given him justification first, but for some reason, it felt like Dohyun possessed some kind of information.
To put it bluntly, if negotiations with the Council fell through now and Davy Jones disappeared again like before, the ones who would suffer most were the Attack Team—they’d have to launch raids on Davy Jones without any compensation.
Yet the fact that he was coming at them so aggressively could mean something else: that he had information about Davy Jones.
If Davy Jones truly attacked a Safe Zone near the Central Zone again, the Council would inevitably suffer considerable damage.
‘There’s no way he’d be pushing this hard otherwise.’
After thinking it through, the Council Chairman shared his reasoning with the other Council Members.
And upon hearing this, the other Council Members could only sigh.
“Sigh…”
“If that’s really the case, we’ve been completely checkmated.”
“Tsk, of all times…”
Given their reactions, the Council Chairman spoke up.
“We still have several more years to serve in our positions anyway. Why not go big this time? If we release some of the relics we have stored in the Council Warehouse, we might be able to minimize our point losses…”
At the Council Chairman’s words, everyone’s expressions grew somber with regret, but they nodded in reluctant agreement.
Relics were valuable beyond what points could measure, but they were typically quite particular about choosing their owners.
It was better to give them away and earn some goodwill than let them rot in the Council Warehouse.
After discussing with the other Council Members and deliberating at length, they reached a consensus to open the Council Warehouse and allow the selection of relics.
The Council Chairman then contacted Hezway again.
And he spoke to Dohyun with satisfaction.
-We will provide relics as the commission fee!
“One per party, correct?”
-Eh?
“Please go back and confirm that.”
The communication cut off again.

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